Supply Chain Manager – Major Projects

Overview

In this role you will lead supply chain strategy for major projects and bids, aligning with win themes, client outcomes, and commercial targets. You will build a strategic supplier relationship programme, manage supplier performance, and drive early market engagement to ensure readiness and resilience. You will shape packaging, avoid delivery risks, and support bid-to-delivery transitions with evidence-based insight. This role offers scope to influence project success through cross-functional collaboration and value-driven sourcing.

Pay / Benefits

• Smart working with up to 40% remote working
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family-friendly policies including maternity/adoption and paternity leave
• Pension and share incentive plan
• Volunteering leave
• Recognition schemes

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of supply chain strategy for bids and delivery models
• Develop and lead a Strategic Supplier Relationship Management Programme
• Implement Supplier Performance Management using Jaggaer e-Procurement and close improvement actions
• Drive early supply chain engagement and market intelligence across key sectors
• Contribute to PQQ and ITT with partner value propositions and innovation cases
• Facilitate Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) with key partners
• Define packaging strategy and supply chain architecture for market approaches
• Support estimators with market-tested inputs for labour, plant, materials, and subcontracting
• Govern supply chain risk and compliance and report readiness to governance bodies
• Integrate supply chain strategy with cross-functional project leadership and delivery
• Provide evidence-based reporting on readiness, risks, and opportunities to gate reviews
• Drive continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across the supply chain

Key requirements

• Relevant business degree or equivalent experience (e.g. MCIPS)
• Experience in developing and delivering supply chain strategy
• Pragmatic yet disciplined approach to process compliance
• Highly results orientated with a track record of exceeding targets
• Team player with stakeholder management skills
• Flexible and driven, customer-focused
• Problem solving and initiative to identify improvements
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Presentation skills

• Stakeholder management
• Collaboration
• Problem solving
• Results orientation
• Jaggaer e-Procurement
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

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